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Synarthrodial Joint:

Syndesmodic Joint:

Synovial:

Telemedical Evaluation:

Tendon:

Tendon Sheath:

Tendonitis:

Tenobursitis:

Tenopathy:

Termino:

Thread:

Torsion:

Transverse Plane:

Unilateral Lameness:

Ventral:

Ventroflexion:

Winging-In:

Winging-Out:

Wrong Lead:

SECTION I

pathologyprognosisacutechronic

The key to successful management lies in our ability to detect the problem during our “window of treatment opportunity”—that is, the phase when treatment will still be curative or at least highly effective. As many of us have learned the hard way, recognizing a problem after it has already reached the chronic phase makes successful management more difficult and, in some cases, impossible. We would all agree that management certainly gets more expensive as time goes on.

The key to maintaining long-term soundness in the horse entails proactive prevention (prophylaxis) as opposed to reactive treatment.

Once a problem has been recognized, we tend to be fairly proficient with regard to seeking professional consult, performing the necessary diagnostics, and implementing appropriate treatment. Veterinary research in the field of equine sports medicine has primarily been focused on improving diagnostic and treatment techniques that are implemented after the existence of a problem has already been confirmed. A major management dilemma, therefore, lies with the length of time between the onset of a problem and its recognition (fig. I.1).